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You Can 't Go Home Again, But ;
It's Fun To Return To ASTC
By CLAKK COX
It wu a North Carolinian,
Thomas Wolfe, who made fam
ous the saying that "You cant
go home again." And he was
right, in ways that perhaps
never occurred to him.
To most of those who have
graduated from Appalachian
State Teachers College, Boone
has become a second home; and
for this reason, the college
year holds "Homecoming" cere
monies for those who wish to
return and renew old ac
quaintances, familiarizing them
selves anew with old sights and
sounds of the town and the cam
pus as they do so.
This weekend, Homecoming
will again be observed at ASTC,
and a number of special events
have been planned for the en
tertainment of alumni ? not the
least of which are election of
* Homecoming Queen and the
annual Homecoming football
game, this week against Carson
Newman at Conrad Stadium.
But the theme of this year's
observance ? "The Old and the
New" ? points out a sad fact
about such observances.
The old and the new can
never be reconciled; places ?
and people? change so quickly
In the course of years and
events that it becomes futile to
attempt to hold on to things
past.
This town, this campus, will j
be practically unrecognizable to
members of the class who re
turn to Boone for the first time
to be specially recognised on
the 29th anniversary of their
graduation. And their class
mates may prove to have
changed even more.
But all this . Is as it should
be. Progress cannot occur with
out a continual process of
change; and people, too, cannot
afford to stand still (even if
they could) and let the rest of
the world pass them by.
Progress and human growth
? these two words summarize
perhaps better than any others
the changes which have been
wrought during the past 25
years in the college and its
alumni.
But it is nevertheless always
refreshing to return to the
scenes of one's college days,
altered though they may be. By
doing to, graduate* of the col
lege can gain a clearer picture i
of the influence* which have
shaped subsequent events and 1
? we hope ? subsequent suc
cesses.
And Homecoming is a favor
ite time for reminiscing about
situations and experiences
which, although long past, can '
never be lost. These things
have been crucial in shaping
the lives and characters of the 1
men and women who were yes
terday's collegiates.
Besides, Homecoming is the
perfect excuse for taking a
short, long-overdue vacation
from the stresses of everyday
routine.
But our memory often plays
tricks on us when we attempt
to call back events and exper
iences from a quarter-century
ago. We wonder how many
1938 graduates recall clearly the
events which were shaping his
tory in the world, the nation,
and the state, and which were
making their collegiate days the
most fondly remembered ones
of their lives.
We hope that the following
notes help to jog their memor
Face-Lifting
The tennis courts of Appalachian State
Tecahers College recently underwent reno
vation, and are now ready (or use again.
Courts near the boys dormitories and those
near the laundry were resurfaced with a
special composition which is expected to
last for several years, and the net supports
were enlarged.
lee i bit, and entertain then
is well aa they rehaah "old
tinea" with their cohort*.
The 1837 A3TC football team
(the 1838 graduates were sen
iors that fall, remember) was a
powerhouse, losing the South
ern Small College Champion
ship game by a touchdown only
to Mississippi State Teachers
College after an unscored-upon
regular season. Senior mem
bers of the starting eleven were
Rovie Jones Angell, Jamea Con
nor Hawkins, Jacob Brenton
Stines, Roy Harris Turbyfill,
Jr., Earl William Henaon, and
Hal Buckner Farthing. The
athletic director and football
coach, was Pierce 0. "Kidd"
Brewer.
Senior class officers were:
president, Dwayne Thompson;
vice-president, Lucy Little; sec
retary, Nell McSwain; and
treasurer, Ray Cline.
Hal Farthing edited the
school newspaper, The Appala
chian; and Jack Gibbs was ed
itor of the yearbook, the Rho
dodendron. Miss Daisy Wil
liams was chosen May Queen
that year.
A highlight for the Playcraft
erts, the college dramatic as
sociation, in 1838 was the
smashing success of their pro
duction of "H.M.S. Pinafore."
The wrestling team enjoyed
its sixth straight year of phe
nomenal success (the string
of successful years still hasn't
been broken), and good years
were alao enjoyed by the boys'
and girls' basketball teams and
the boxing and tennis teams.
The favorite campus dance of
1838 was something called the
"Big Apple," and was perhaps
denounced and defended as
strongly as the twist is today.
A 71-apartment teacherage
was in the works for the col
lege, and construction began
on a new $50,000 boys dorm.
A flurry of other building work
was taking place, and campus
sidewalks were undergoing ex
tensive repair.
On the county level, a new
post office was being built in
Boone. Fighting between the
"wets" and "drys" over the
liquor sales issue had reached a
peak. Rural electrification ser
vice was beginning to be a ma
jor topic of conversation. Roads
in and around Boone were be
ing widened and repaired in a
program of major interest. And
Robert L. Doughton gained his
15th term in the U. S. House
[Of, Representatives, represent
ing Watauga and surrounding
counties.
Statewide, all sorts of im
provements were well under
way as North Carolina made a
belated entrance into the era
of modernity under the strong
leadership of Governor Clyde
R. Hoey. The proposde new
Blue Ridge Parkway was a ma
|or topic of interest.
Bat la the nation and world,
the newt ?u mostly discour
sing, if not downright bad.
In Germany, a little man with
s moustache was making a big
and frightening noise; the rest
of the world girded Itself for
the coming war which appear
ed to be just over the horizon,
and everyone watched the news
papers anxiously for news of j
European affairs.
But in England, a portly ci
gar smoker was making it clear
that his country was willing to
fight Natism to the finish; and
in the U. S., FDR was already
stirring up talk that he may run
for an unprecedented third term
as President.
The world lost its favorite en
tertainer in 1938, when the
plane in which Will Rogers was
riding went down in Alaska. The
pilot of that plane was Wiley
Post, (a world-famous man in
his own field, that of aviation.
Their deaths were mourned all
over the world.
In baseball, the Yanks won
their third straight World Ser
ies, beating an aging Dizzy Dean
and his Chicago Cub teammates
in four straight games. And a
rookie named Ted Williams was
vying for attention with another
youngster named DiMaggio.
All this happened In 1838 ?
along with much, much more.
Remember?
Dr. Weaver To
Be Speaker At
Farm-Gty Event
County Agent L. E. TUcfcwiUer
has announced that the principal
speaker on the program for the
annual Farm-City Meeting, to be
held at Cove Creek High School
gymnasium November 14 at 6:30
pm , will be Mr. David S. Wea
ver, Chairman of the North Caro
lina State Commission on Soil
and Water Conservation.
The rest of the program has
been only partially made out, ac
cording to Tuckwiller. The com
plete itinerary will be announced
as soon as it is definitely decided
upon.
The Ftorm-City Meeting is a
highlight of the year for farmers,
merchants, and business and pro
fessional people all over Watauga
County. The annual event allows
citizens in all types of work
throughout the county to get to
gether in a highly social atmos
phere and talk over common
problems.
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The Sayings
Of Josh Abrams . . .
By CLARK COX
You do somebody dirt, ever
body in town knows about it
Inside uv five minutes. But you
do ? good deed, them that doe*
know about it looks at you like
you wui softheaded.
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Muriel Ratliff wuz confined
t'her room yeatiddy by a swol
len closet door.
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Flem Myers, local moonshin
er, wuz in the county jail last
week on business.
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"The higher you climb, the
better the view." But they's a
lot uv haze in the distance.
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By the time a man learns to
tie a bow tie, he's too old to
wear one.
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"All's well that ends well,"
but it don't hurt to start off
right.
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What this country's morale
needs is more premature fun
eral orations an' less prema
ture funerals.
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Miss Orestina Brittle says she
won't never marry, but I
thought she wuz younger than
that.
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Judgin' character is simple:
a manll tell you about all uv
his good qauliities, an' the
faults'll speak up fer their
selves.
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They's as much authority in
American homes as ever; but
A loyal dog is your assur
ance of having one friend.
Politeness is a virtue that
seems to be on the wane these
days.
now the kids has got most uv
it
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Host things folks do is too
silly to cry about an' too pitiful
to laugh at.
Time cures *11 ills, but 1
sometimes git awful sick while
waitin."
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A woman will give you her
right age at two different tirafi
? when she's too young to know
better, an' when she's too old
to care.
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If ever'body leaned the same
way, the world would tip over.
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